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  • RE: COALESCE

    Gary Varga (6/12/2013)


    Evgeny (6/12/2013)


    Can someone change the date of this question? It is July but should be June! Question from the future )))

    My son would say "Chill your beans!!!"...

  • RE: Data types in tables

    wolfkillj (6/11/2013)


    L' Eomot Inversé (6/11/2013)


    Nice question that shows one of the less obvious pitfalls arising from implicit conversion. Pity the explanation doesn't explain why it works as it does....

  • RE: Data types in tables

    Nice question that shows one of the less obvious pitfalls arising from implicit conversion. Pity the explanation doesn't explain why it works as it does. Of course if...

  • RE: Deprecation

    I got it right, but I can imagine lots of people getting it wrong because only one of the two even classes is directly relevant to upgrading from a release...

  • RE: The Beer Cooler Thread

    mtillman-921105 (6/8/2013)


    I found that I can buy Chimay's Red Cap beer at my local liquor store! It's terrific, but pricey. The bottle even had a cork in it...

  • RE: What normal form would this be considered? 2NF or 3NF?

    Golfer22 (6/8/2013)


    PreviousJobTitle is 0% dependent on the primary key in my example. Was that not clear?

    No, it was clear that you were misusing the term "dependent" to exclude "transitively dependent",...

  • RE: Global Customers, Global Data, Different Logic/Columns per country

    There isn't enough information to say for sure what the best approach will be in your particular case, but there are some general approaches to designing relational schemas that lead...

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    pchirags (6/7/2013)


    bharat

    mata

  • RE: Float Data Type

    martin.whitton (6/7/2013)


    palotaiarpad (6/7/2013)


    Whitout running the code it is only a guess.

    Not strictly true.

    "Float" uses binary representations of numbers. Therefore, in this example:

    0.115 translates to 0.000111010111000 in binary

    0.075 translates to 0.000100110011001

    0.04...

  • RE: Float Data Type

    nenad-zivkovic (6/7/2013)


    From BOL http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187912(SQL.100).aspx

    Avoid using float or real columns in WHERE clause search conditions, especially the = and <> operators.

    Should be "Avoid using float or real columns." Period. Exclamation mark....

  • RE: IFF - 1

    michlimes (6/6/2013)


    default collation is choosen at installation process - so imo it could be CS_AS.

    You can override the installation defaults when doing the installation. Then you don't have a...

  • RE: COALESCE - 2

    sknox (11/13/2012)


    L' Eomot Inversé (11/12/2012)


    sknox (11/10/2012)


    If you think of it that way, you'll see why a NULL in a column or variable can (must) have a type associated with it,...

  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    crookj (6/4/2013)


    WOTD - Atomicity

    indivisibility

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Something seems to have gone crazy in QotD listing:-

    Date Title Category

    Jul 8, 2013 COALESCE (worth 2 points) Coalesce

    Jun 4, 2013 TOP and ORDER...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (6/4/2013)


    Brandie Tarvin (6/4/2013)


    Please 'splain?

    It's referring to the number base.

    dec 25, 25 in decimal, ie base 10. 2x10+5

    oct 31, 31 in octal, ie base 8. 3x8+1

    They're the same number. In...

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